• Advising creditors (both secured and unsecured) including financial institutions, companies, and individuals, on their exposure to financially stressed debtors and the various options available to them.

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• Providing advice to financially distressed debtors on the various options available to them, and negotiating settlements.

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• Advising and acting in a variety of commercial insolvency disputes, including defending and prosecuting insolvent trading, unfair preference claims, uncommercial transactions, unfair loans, and unreasonable director-related transactions.

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• Assisting liquidators and bankruptcy trustees in recovery actions.

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• Representing liquidators, bankruptcy trustees, and examinees in public examinations.

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• Advising liquidators and bankruptcy trustees on:

  • their rights and obligations under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009

  • dealings with employees of insolvent businesses

  • equitable rights of joint property owners

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• Acting in a variety of insolvency-related Court applications, including bringing and defending applications for freezing orders to restrain funds being removed offshore.

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• Acting in partnership and shareholder disputes including the appointment of receivers.

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• Appointing provisional liquidators to companies.